Cigar-bunch machine



(No Model.)

A. SOHWEHR.

CIGAR BUNCH MACHINE.

No. 524,565. Patented Aug. 14 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT sonw nn, or SANDUSKY, OHIO.

CIGAR-BUNCH MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,565, dated August14, 1894.

Application filed January 2'7, 1894- Serial No. 498,186. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

l 3e it known that I, ALBERT SCHWEHR, a cit zen of the United States,residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Bunch Machines, ofwhlch the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the frame,oscillating, bunching table, and an apron, and a tension device or takeup for the apron, carried by the bunching table support, and further inthe construction, arrangement and combination of the varlous parts, allas more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal and vertical central sectionof my improved maclnne. Fig. 2 is a top perspective view of the same.Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations of the bunching table, apron and tensiondevice showing the position of the parts at difierent points of theoperation. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line to as Fig. 1. Fig. 6is a detail View of a section of the upper portion of the machine, takenthrough the table and brackets as shown in Fig. 1.

The frame of the machine consists of two separated posts A, at thefront, the rear posts B, and the horizontal connecting bars 0,preforably formed integral with the posts A. At the top of the posts arethe side flanges or brackets D, to which is secured the table or top D.

E are side frames secured to the sides of the table, and connectedcentrally by the cross bar F. Below the cross bar is the bunching rollerG journaled in stationary hearings in the side frames.

H is the bunchin g table, which is supported at the top of the standardI pivoted in the lower end of the posts A, between the same, and isadapted to be oscillated by the handle J which projects to one side ofthe machine from the table.

K are rubber bufiers which act as stops at front and back to limit themovement of the bunching table.

L is the bunching cloth or apron, tapering from its front end toward therear, secured at its small end centrally on the front edge of thebunching table, passing over the bunching roller and secured at its rearend to the bar M which is adjustably secured by the rods a and nuts I),to the tension or take up arm 0. This arm is pivoted in a branch P ofthe standard I and has the actuating arm or lever Q, carrying rollers Qwhich bear upon the cam shaped way R on top of the connecting bars 0,being held in contact therewith by the tension of a spring S.

The parts being thus constructed, the apron being adjusted to thedesired length by the bolts and nuts a b, the parts being in theposition shown in Fig. 1 in full lines, the operator forms a pocket T inthe apron between the roller and the rear edge of the table H, bydepressing the apron, and into this places the necessary material toform the bunch. In this position, it will be seen that there is a slackportion or loop in the apron between the roller and the tension frame.The operator now takes hold of the handle J, and rocks the standard I onits pivot, carrying the table under the apron, and correspondinglymoving ,the tension or take up frame. In this. movement the roller Qruns up the inclined face 0 of the cam way and rocks the tension armsufficiently to take up the slack in the apron, as plainly shown in Fig.3. The further movement of the table,rol1s the bunch in theapron'against the roller, and compacts and shapes it, and it is finallydeposited in the trough U at the front edge of the table. As the tableis moved under the bunching roller the roller Q, rolls on the cam way,which is so shaped as to take up the slack, as fast as formed by thecompression of the bunch, and thus maintains the proper tension at everypoint, and yet gives desired slack to form the pocket between the rollerand table, and prevents tumbling or shaking of the bunch while thepocket is being closed, yet taking up the slack so the rollingcommences, with proper tension, as soon as the pocket is closed.

The roller G has the usual curved central portion over which the apron Lpasses. The apron, as stated, tapers toward the front the point being inline with the center of the roll. By this means, as the table is movedbelow the roll and the tension applied, the apron will accommodateitself to the shape of the thereof and uniform tension without the dan-,

ge r or annoyance of irregular tension or puckering and this whether theroller be curved or straight. A

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a cigar bunching machine, thecombination with a bunching roller, abunching table, and means forchanging the relative position between the roller and table, of amovable tension device carried by the said changing means, and a taperedapron secured to the tension device and table respectively, taperedtoward the table and passing over the roller substantially as described.

2. In a cigar bunching machine, the com bination with a fixedlysupported bunching roller, of an oscillating bunching table, anindependently movable tension arm having an extension extending out atan angle from its lower end, a fixed cam with which said extensionengages, a swinging standard acting as a carrier for the table and onwhich the tension arm is pivoted, a spring connection between thestandard and extension on the tension arm and an apron connected to thetable and tension arm, substantially as described. p

3. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of a stationary bunchingroller, an oscillating standard carrying the bunching table, an apronsecured at one end to the bunching table, a rearwardly extending branchon the standard, a tension arm pivoted thereon to which the rear end ofthe apron is secured, a cam way, a projection on the tension armengaging the cam for independently controlling the movement ofsaidtension arm, whereby the slack in the apron is taken up at all points,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT SCHWEHR.

Witnesses:

OTTO KROMER, J. EROKENER.

